The Surface Tension works are a part of an ongoing series of map works started in 2025. A digression from print to the use of coloured threads on pre existing maps. Surface Tension draws attention to the map grid as a framework spanning the British Isles, with these lines being highlighted by rainbow colours, threaded across the maps surface, giving visibility to the LGBTQIA+ community.
In what have become divisive times, Surface Tension is a reminder that LGBTQIA+ community and culture is threaded throughout all aspects of life within the British Isles, that’s its visibility is very much a part of the wider community, an island community that would be altogether less colourful and vibrant without its existence.
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